OverDrive - Davis Schneider on the Blue Jays' season, the incredible ride and World Series experiences

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

Toronto Blue Jays Infielder and Outfielder Davis Schneider joined OverDrive to discuss his perspective of the Blue Jays' grand season, the point-of-view of the team's experience, the World Series standout moments, his Game 5 home run, Addison Barger on his couch, the team looking to run it back and more.

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Restriction supply ships registered in Panama and Malta. Davis Schneider. What's up, Davis? What's up, guys? How are you guys doing? We're doing well. Have you allowed yourself to go back and watch Game 7? No. The only time I've kind of really seen it is like one or two plays that pop up on my Instagram feed of like the Pah Hay's catch or Rojas and the Homer. But other than that, I try to stay away from it because it kind of makes me feel like my stomach a little turn. But yeah, I mean, I lived it, so I don't really have to rewatch it. So it's part of the pain, Davis, like a lot of people say this to me.

I believe it myself, but to not come away with the ultimate prize and generally feel like you played better during the series. Like, do you feel that was the case and does that make it more painful? I mean, if we played better, we would have won. I mean, I know a lot of people say that, but, you know, the Dodgers deserved to win that series. I mean, seven-game series for a reason, you know, obviously, you know, they're a great team. over there but they make good plays when they needed to i feel like that's what makes a championship team and can't really talk bad about them they deserve it they won fair and swear and um but you know it still sucks obviously but you know just it's baseball well the bench is cleared the bullpen's

cleared in game seven um you know you're you're obviously pumping the tires of l a which you should everyone does they've won back-to-back world series was there animosity there like how did it build throughout the series, kind of the way you and your teammates felt about playing the Dodgers. Yeah, I mean, obviously the whole storyline before the World Series even started that, you know, it's David versus Goliath, the Dodgers versus Blue Jays. They have a tiny, one of the best players of all time on their team. And, you know, this is like one of these plays where, you know, he's coming up and in three times. Like, as a hitter, I'm going to get pissed off just as much as the pitcher.

Are you going to come in and hit me up and in three times? obviously I'm going to get mad, but, you know, baseball players are so funny, like, bench is clear and everything like that, and nothing, 99% of the time nothing happens. So it's just like, what are we doing here? We could have just saved ourselves the trouble running out there and everything like that. But, you know, it gets the juice of flowing a little bit, so I get in. The fans kind of get into it and everything. But, you know, it's not like we're actually going, like, hockey players and actually fighting each other.

So, like, we just save ourselves the time and just go back to our benches at this point. Davis, you guys had an incredible run And the whole city and the whole country was behind you It was it legit that you guys were a tight group You could tell, I mean baseball seems more of an individualistic sport But you could tell the love in that dugout The love in the room, the guys after in their media There were tears involved

I mean, how tight was that group And are you staying in touch in the group chat with everybody Or you're giving everybody a couple weeks reprieve And everybody's gone their own way yeah i mean that this team was special i mean i know a lot of teams say that after every year but you know i truly believe that that every single guy in that club house loved each other and um you know we still have a group chat right now it's we still have fantasy football so everyone kind of keeps in touch and everything like that we don't talk baseball or anything

so that's kind of off the table but we just talk about life and what the people are up to and everything like that but you know there's just a lot of good guys um and it sucks that like you know that you know it's awesome that beaver you know signed back already that That was, like, a big thing. Because he is awesome. The day he got traded and he came over, he fit in just like that. And he's such a good guy, he's such a good family man. So it's good to have him back for at least one more year.

And, you know, sucks that bastard as a free agent and Bo and a lot of other guys, too. But everyone just got along with each other every single day. Love getting to the ballpark early. Love just playing cards with each other. Love just doing the little things outside of baseball with each other. I feel like that's why we're so good on the football. field is because we just like being around each other and you got to do that nine months out of the year so it was just a good time is it full confidence with everybody i mean i guess the fear is and

we talked about it with management trying to recapture what you guys had like is there just full confidence that that is all going to be there on the field off the field come spring training yeah i mean i believe so um obviously you never know what to expect each year but um i mean to be honest, I mean, going into this year, I mean, just how well or bad we did last year, you know, coming in whatever place we did. I think it was last place in the L.E., so, like, we didn't really perform the way we wanted to as a group, man, me personally as well. But, you know, going in the spring training, we knew we had the right tools to do it.

It's just a matter of putting them together throughout the year. And I feel like when we got on a role, we were like, all right, we were one of the best teams in the league. So we kind of knew that in the middle of the year when we kind of went on. on that streak. And so we always had the confidence throughout the whole year. But now that we kind of made it and had the taste, I feel like, you know, the next step is to win it. So we have that definitely our beliefs in ourselves. And, you know, I feel like everyone's kind of ready to get back to spring trading and start all over. With Dave Schneider of the Blue Jays. You mentioned

a couple of the free agents a moment ago and Shane Bieber opting in. He'll be back next year. What are the rules and regulations among players, you know, in baseball when it comes to contracts, when it comes to, you know, poking around on futures and if guys want to stay, if they're going to stay, you know, what's the general kind of philosophy of MLB players when it comes to the business side of things? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I never been a part of it. Yeah, I mean, so that was my first second full year. But, you know, every guy has a right when they get the free agency to kind of explore their options and kind of do what's best for them and their family. So, like, I mean, I know Bo loved playing in Toronto, but, you know, he has every right to kind of see what else is out there and kind of figure it out.

But, you know, I just, I love playing in Toronto. So any guy that doesn't really know what it's like the kind of play there, I feel like, just look at the team we had this year and kind of see how much fun we had. And the city is great. I know a lot of other players that come to Toronto love playing there, love playing in the city, love the stadium. So, like, it's a great place to play. and I haven't been anywhere else. I mean, I played almost every single ballpark, but being there every single day,

it's truly something special. And hopefully, me, I can stay there for my career, but you never know in baseball. So it is a business. So are you going to rent out your couch, or what are you doing there with Barger and all of that thought process? Because obviously it made a lot of social media clicks

and all of that type of stuff. how did that all go down and was it just a seamless transition to have them come stay at your place? And is it up for sale? What's the deal with that thing? It's on display in the lobby of the hotel, that exact couch.

Yes, full details here. What's up with this? Yeah, full details. When we were coming back from Seattle, or not Seattle, but he just didn't have a room. We do our own jobs to pick on our rooms and find our own place to stay,

and I had the hotel room at the hotel and he just didn't have a place to stay. So I was like, he asked me if I could stay with me because he was staying with Miles for a couple of days. He was staying on his couch. And so it wasn't just mine. But then Miles' family was coming into town so he didn't have room.

Yeah. So Barger didn't have any family there. So he just asked me if he could stay with me for the next couple of days until he gets a room. And I was like, sure, I don't care. And then stayed on my couch for two nights. ironically enough. He had the Grand Slam on the first night after the first night he slept there. And so he had to do it again. But it was just funny. I mean, I didn't think it was a big of a deal until like it kind of, the public kind of found out about it. But that's just Barger. That's kind of all I know about him. He's just, he's still 25. He's a 25-year-old kid, even though he has three kids. But I thought it was funny. But, I don't know, it's kind of blown out of proportion a little bit.

Oh, it's great, man. And the fact that he had the Grand Slam as well just makes it so much better. But you're at bad game, the first at bat of the game, first pitch of the game, Game 5 Dodgers Stadium, you hit a home run to left field. There was a great video that went viral. I don't know who was shooting it. It's your dad. Was it your dad who had the camera? Okay, because you could hear your dad.

Yeah, he has those meta glasses on that can just film. Yeah, that's the view. But, yeah, he had the glasses on. And I didn't even know he was filming. I didn't find out about it. so after the game where my phone was blown up and I got asked about it, but it is a funny video of just his reaction and everyone kind of cheering. It was a good one.

Incredible. And famously, Blake Snell after the game said you guys got lucky. What was the game plan? Were you walking into the box saying, like, I'm swinging at this? I think he's going to throw me a fastball. Like, what were you preparing for before the abat? Yeah, I mean, I said it before. George has, he's probably one of the best leaders of all time.

I mean, home runs-wise, he's second. So, like, he kind of knows what he's doing. But he always kind of preaches, like, you only get one first pitch. And it's funny because George kind of gets thrown, he can get thrown a slider, change up curb all the time. Like, he doesn't really kind of know what's going to be thrown to him. But he always preaches to just be ready from the first pitch when you're leading off. And I figured Snow was going to throw me a fastball just because he couldn't really locate

at the first game when we played him. And so I figured he was going to try to establish the fastball early to try to get ahead and then kind of go to the change up and the rest of the off speed. So I was sitting fastball and, you know, luckily he threw a strike to where I can actually put it. And, you know, I mean, he was kind of right. I mean, baseball is all about luck. So it's just like matter of if you're lucky or not, in my opinion. So I didn't really think of that. It was a big of a deal.

I know a lot of people thought it was kind of like a shot at us. But, you know, there's a lot of good hitters in that lineup, not just Vladdy. Bo, Kirky, Varsho, Ernie, Barger. So it's just like, obviously Vladdy's the biggest one, biggest name, but it is what it is. I mean, it's just himself competing, and he's trying to, you know, do what he needs to do. But, yeah, who's definitely a fastball that was hunting for.

Yeah, well, and you got it, man. That was incredibly cool. Then Vladdy, what was it, two pitches later, hit his own home run. And then... Yeah, on a fastball, too. And then he kind of shot away from the fastball after that, yeah. Exactly. Well, it was an incredible run, incredible season. It's a short and off season. You mentioned you've only been up in the bigs for a couple of years. Last year, you guys were done end of September, and you kind of knew you were going to be done, probably early August, middle August. How does this affect your offseason plans when we're inside 100 days already before you guys have to be down and done Eden?

yeah i mean a little bit less golf up here it's already kind of getting pretty cold it's like about 40 degrees Fahrenheit so i can really get outside that much but you know that's what that's what you play for you want to play into november and kind of have a short off season and that was my first ever kind of postseason where we kind of went on a run so i mean i'm excited to do it try to do it every single year this is what you kind of live for and play for so i got no complaints about it all right any good courses down and done eden do you get to play during spring training or once you dial in you show up is that it no i mean i show up relatively early earlier than the due date it's supposed to be or the um arrival date so me and ernie try to get many rounds as golf in as we

before we kind of start playing games and started to go to the stadium and everything like that so we we definitely get our reps in before awesome love it uh well congrats on a great season great run um we really appreciate you doing this have a great off season and i'm sure we'll catch up again in the spring. Thanks for doing this. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. You got it, David Schneider. The Toronto Blue Jays. The newest tracks, and the next big thing.

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